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Scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia took part in the meeting organised by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and the Society of Animalists, Florists, and Scientific Illustrators (SAFSI) present ILLUSTRATORIUM II
First national meeting of museum educators was conducted at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
Extinct Balkan population of fallow deer introduced by the Romans as far as Britain
The 2nd ICAZ Medieval Period Working group meeting will be held in Sofia
70th Anniversary of Prof. Dr Zdravko Hubenov
Assoc. Prof. Petar Shurulinkov was awarded posthumously in the “Person of the Year” competition for 2023 by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
The first review of the cave fauna of Costa Rica, with new data on underground animals from unexplored caves, was conducted by scientists from the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Day of the National Revival Leaders sees the end of the expedition to Vietnam organised by the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
Stefaniya Kamenova has been selected as a Citizen Science Ambassador for Bulgaria as part of the European Citizen Science Project
The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Publishing House presented a book “Panorama of Bulgarian Zoology” by Petar Beron, Professor Emeritus of the Museum
Meeting with the scientists of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia in the European Researchers’ Night
Scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia took part in the meeting organised by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia took part in the meeting organised by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services


— 29 March 2024

The two-way meeting, which was conducted at the Best Western plus Olives Hotel in Sofia between 12th and 14th of March, 2024, called on government administration representatives and scientists from Bulgaria and Romania to reach agreement on the actions for building capacity for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The main priorities, methods of action, and possibilities of cooperation with IPBES were presented…
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The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and the Society of Animalists, Florists, and Scientific Illustrators (SAFSI) present ILLUSTRATORIUM II

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and the Society of Animalists, Florists, and Scientific Illustrators (SAFSI) present ILLUSTRATORIUM II

[29 March 2024] — On the 28th of March 2024, at 18:00 in the fourth floor foyer of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia, the museum’s director Prof Pavel Stoev and the chairman of the…
First national meeting of museum educators was conducted at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia

First national meeting of museum educators was conducted at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia

[5 March 2024] — On the initiative of Prof. Pavel Stoev, director of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia, museum educators from 20 national, regional, and local museums in the country gathered…
Extinct Balkan population of fallow deer introduced by the Romans as far as Britain

Extinct Balkan population of fallow deer introduced by the Romans as far as Britain

[19 February 2024] — On 13 February 2024, international media covered two scientific papers published simultaneously in two scientific journals - PNAS and Scientific Reports - on account of their contribution…
The 2nd ICAZ Medieval Period Working group meeting will be held in Sofia

The 2nd ICAZ Medieval Period Working group meeting will be held in Sofia

[14 February 2024] — From 2-6.10.2024 in the Conference room of the Museum for the History of Sofia a Medieval Period Working group conference will take place with a focus on the animals of the Middle Ages…
70th Anniversary of Prof. Dr Zdravko Hubenov

70th Anniversary of Prof. Dr Zdravko Hubenov

[5 January 2024] — On 3 January 2024, our dear colleague and long-time scientific secretary of the museum Prof. Zdravko Hubenov turned seventy…
Assoc. Prof. Petar Shurulinkov was awarded posthumously in the “Person of the Year” competition for 2023 by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Assoc. Prof. Petar Shurulinkov was awarded posthumously in the “Person of the Year” competition for 2023 by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

[15 December 2023] — On 12 December 2023, for the sixteenth time in a row, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee held the ceremony of awarding the “Person of the Year” awards to activists and representatives…
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